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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2021
Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Charles W. Boyle, III, Upton, MA (US);
Ashish Sharma, Bangalore, IN;
Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and system for generating efficient cross-layer key performance indicators for monitoring, managing and debugging communications networks. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: generating a plurality of different cross-layer key performance indicators (CL-KPIs) from a set of event data records corresponding to a first period of time and a first base protocol, each CL-KPI in said plurality of different CL-KPIs being for a different failure cause scenario; identifying a CL-KPI in the plurality of different CL-KPIs corresponding to the first period of time and the first base protocol having a highest CL-KPI value and determining a most likely failure cause scenario for said first base protocol to be the failure cause scenario associated with the identified CL-KPI having the highest CL-KPI value.